Road-cart



(No Model.)

J. ANDERSON.

ROAD CART.

Patented June l28, 1881.

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BROS., OF LANSING, MIOHIGAN..

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION formingnpart of Letters Patent No, 365,562, dated June 28, 1887.

Application filed April 22, 1886. Renewed May 27, 1887.

Serial No. 239,561. (No model.)

' part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of road-carts, which will be simple in construction, easy to `keep in repair, economical to build, and light ot'. draft.

The invention consists in the peculiar con struction and combinations ofthe various parts,

' as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure lis a plan view ofmy improved roadcart. xFig. 2 is a side elevation of the saine with t-he wheel removed and partly in section.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the axle, B the wheels, O the bent shafts, and Dthe cross-bar tying theshafts together, and all of the usual construction`,except as hereinafter mentioned. M

E arethe seat-supports, vthe forward ends of which are hinged, one to cach of the shafts, about midway between the intersection Of the saine ,with the cross-bar 'and their forward ends. These supports slope upwardly and inwardly to the rear, as shown, and-upon their rear ends the seat F is secured above the axle, S0 that when the vehicle is in use the weight of the occupant will be immediately above or slightly in rear of the axle, but on a higher plane. Under each of these supports is placed a semi-elliptic spring,G,as shown,its center resting upon the cross-bar, while its ends support the seat,to the underside ofwhich such ends are secured in any manner desired that will allow the spring to elongate under the Weight i111-, posed. Between the center of the spring and the seat-support the spring is re-enforced by a rubber spring, H, which is made of a section ofrubber tubing. A bolt or pin, a, secured to the seat support, )asses downward through such rubber spring, through the center of the spring G, and through a coincident hole in the cross-bar, securing the parts together without interfering with the vertical action .of the springs. Y

What I claim as my invention is- The combination,with the shaft C and crossbar D, of the seat-supports E, hinged at their forward ends to said shafts, the semi-elliptic springs G, arranged beneath said seat-supports with their centers on said cross-bar, the springs H,interposed between said springs Gand seatsupports over said cross-bar, and the bolts a, passed through said springs and crossbar, substantially as shown and described.

JOHN ANDERSON. l

Vitnesses:

EDWIN R. HILL. THos. J. HILL. 

